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The mixed monolayers of poly-alanine + stearyl alcohol and poly-alanine + cholesterol were studied at the air-water interface. In the mixed monolayers the surface pressure-area isotherms showed three collapse states. The first and the third collapse pressures were identical in magnitude with the collapse pressures of pure components. The intermediate collapse pressure in the poly-alanine + stearyl alcohol was found to be ca. 5 dyne/cm higher than that was observed in the poly-alanine + cholesterol system. Further, the mixed films in both systems were found to show no deviation from the ideality rule. The magnitude o f the intermediate collapse state is shown to be related to the van der Waals forces present in the lipid films.
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Birdi, K.S., Sorensen, K.E. Mixed monolayers of poly-alanine and lipids at the air-water interface. Colloid & Polymer Sci 257, 942–947 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01520718
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